Climate averages 1991–2020
Errachidia weather
in January.
A cool, very dry month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cool month in Errachidia: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khenifra (161 km away). In January its highs average 14.6°C, about as warm as Errachidia, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 56 cities listed in Morocco, Errachidia ranks 55th of 56 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 56 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 56 cities is 16.7°C; Errachidia is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 13 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Errachidia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 14.2°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 10 | 1.8 | 10.310 h |
| February | 16.6°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 13 | 2.2 | 11.011 h |
| March | 20.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.012 h |
| April | 25.0°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 12.913 h |
| May | 29.2°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 11 | 2.1 | 13.814 h |
| June | 34.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 14.214 h |
| July | 38.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 14.014 h |
| August | 37.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 3.2 | 0.8 | 13.313 h |
| September | 31.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.9 | 2.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 20 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 18.9°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 14 | 2.4 | 10.611 h |
| December | 14.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 7.4 | 1.8 | 10.110 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Khenifra in JanuaryMorocco · 161 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Beni Mellal in JanuaryMorocco · 187 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Ifrane in JanuaryMorocco · 189 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Béchar in JanuaryAlgeria · 212 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 3.8°C · 7.8 mm rain
- Sefrou in JanuaryMorocco · 215 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 3.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Al Fqih Ben Çalah in JanuaryMorocco · 222 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Oued Zem in JanuaryMorocco · 227 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Fes in JanuaryMorocco · 240 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 4.6°C · 55 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Errachidia) is explained once on the Errachidia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.